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MRPeasy vs Katana for a small job shop
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MRPeasy is usually the closer fit for a small job shop that needs production planning, bills of material and a visible per-user price. Katana is stronger for product businesses managing inventory, purchasing, sales channels and outsourced production across locations. MRPeasy publishes $49–$149 per user per month, no contracts and a 15 + 15 day trial. Katana's public site emphasizes inventory, orders, purchasing, manufacturing, lot/serial traceability and Shopify, Amazon and QuickBooks integrations, but the page checked does not provide a simple quote for a custom job shop.
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The operating model matters more than the logo
A job shop estimates customer-specific routings, outside processes and quantities that change from RFQ to RFQ. A product manufacturer often starts with a stable SKU, a bill of material, a sales order and an inventory promise. MRPeasy's manufacturing language maps more naturally to the first case, while Katana's channel and inventory language maps more naturally to the second. Neither product should be judged on a generic “manufacturing” label.
Use a 20-piece stainless bracket with a customer revision, a purchased fastener, outside passivation and two release dates. Ask both systems to create the quote, reserve material, schedule the operation and show the margin. If the shop has to maintain a separate estimator for the RFQ, include that cost in the comparison.
| Decision point | MRPeasy | Katana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Starter $49, Professional $69, Enterprise $99, Unlimited $149 per user a month (Unlimited minimum 2 users); from the 11th user $79 per 10 users; annual billing gives 1 month free | Request a plan-specific price; no simple custom-job-shop price was on the page checked. |
| Trial/terms | 15 + 15 day free trial, no credit card; No contracts and no module-based pricing | Confirm trial and contract terms with the vendor. |
| Scope | Production planning, inventory, purchasing and manufacturing workflows. | Inventory, orders, purchasing and manufacturing for product businesses selling across channels and locations; lot/serial traceability and outsourced production workflows. |
| Integrations | Confirm the accounting and shop-floor integrations for your plan. | The site names Shopify, Amazon and QuickBooks Online integrations and links to its API. |
| Quoting | Test routing, BOM and quantity-break behavior on a customer RFQ. | Test whether a custom quote is a first-class workflow or follows a product order. |
Choose MRPeasy for job-style production
MRPeasy wins when the shop needs a light MRP with a predictable subscription and a path from BOM to production. Its pricing page's no-contract statement lowers the cost of a trial, and the 15 + 15 day period is long enough to load several real parts if the team prepares them first. The open question is depth: verify quality records, outside processing, revision control and scheduling against the work your customers actually send.
If your immediate need is only quote speed, QuotedPart can remain the rate-based front end and MRPeasy can remain the production system. Mark the handoff as manual or export-based until a connector is verified.
Choose Katana for channel and inventory complexity
Katana wins when the shop is also a product business: multiple sales channels, locations, lot or serial traceability, purchasing and outsourced production are central. Its named Shopify, Amazon and QuickBooks Online integrations are more relevant to that operating model than a traditional make-to-order RFQ queue. A job shop should still prove that customer-specific routings, revisions and quote approvals are not forced into a SKU-shaped process.
Pick the system whose first record matches your first failure. MRPeasy is the more natural job-shop starting point; Katana is stronger when sales-channel inventory is the center of gravity.
Sources and limits
Claims are dated where they can change. Product calculations are examples from the stated inputs, not a promise about a customer's quote. Competitor wording is attributed to the source shown.
- MRPeasy: Starter $49, Professional $69, Enterprise $99, Unlimited $149 per user a month (Unlimited minimum 2 users); from the 11th user $79 per 10 users; annual billing gives 1 month free (their words: “From the 11th user $79 per 10 users”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- MRPeasy: 15 + 15 day free trial, no credit card (their words: “Try MRPeasy free for 15 + 15 days.”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- MRPeasy: No contracts and no module-based pricing (their words: “No contracts. No module-based pricing. No hidden fees.”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Katana: Inventory, orders, purchasing and manufacturing for product businesses selling across channels and locations; lot/serial traceability and outsourced production workflows. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Katana: The site names Shopify, Amazon and QuickBooks Online integrations and links to its API. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- QuotedPart can supply a focused shop-rate quoting layer at $199 per shop per month; it does not replace either system's inventory or production records. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
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